DSO Conductor’s results overlooked
As CEO of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, I can categorically state that I, our entire administration, and the DSO Board are 100 percent behind Jaap van Zweden in his work to achieve extraordinary results. Moreover, I am as confident today, as when I arrived in Dallas two years ago, that our musicians also support Jaap’s vision and the artistic growth of the DSO that has occurred during his tenure. Performance after performance, the results speak for themselves.
While it was unfortunate that your story contained what I believe to be mischaracterizations, my bigger disappointment was that it was a missed opportunity to tell the broader story of the DSO: an orchestra that is making forward progress financially, increasing its ticket sales, and undertaking exciting new initiatives that will build future audiences and better serve our community.
Jonathan Martin, Dallas